Railroad-tie plate.



W CORGORA N. RAILROAD TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 191a.

1,097,790 Patented May 26, 1914 Z6 27 27 24 22 3 4 6 4 Q -24- -o a J l Q I J 25 Fig.1.

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s ucaaoamga November 4,1913; Serial m5. 799,077.

To all whom z'tmcy concern:

5 otWasliington, have (invented a certain' new land useful Improvement in Railroad Ti'e Plates, oiwhich thehfollowing is a specificatio'."

My inventionrelates to improvements in d lrail-roadtie-plates one of" which mayflrbe disposed between arail and each of the railroad tiesof acurved portion of a railroad more securely to maintain the two rails A of such portion/of the rail-road at -,a fixed 5 distance from each other and to prevent a .lateral displacement of both rails with re-' spect to therail-road ties, and the object of my improvement is to provi'de cheap and eifective means, for protecting theties offa 2 rail-road from wear andfor preventing the 'rails from spreading apart or'being later? ally displaced on the ties by reason of the great strain against the outer rail of a curved portion of a rail-roadduei to this accomplish this object by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawingsin which-s Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a tie-plate embodying my invention as it apso pears when-in useon a" rail-road tie; Fig.

2 is. a plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of a modified form of-the tie plate detached froln'the tie.

Referr-ing to the drawings, throughout s5 whichplike referencenumerals indicate like parts, 22 is a metal plate that has both of its ends-25 bent substantially at right angles to the plane of the plate whereby such ends may lap over and engage with the ends of a rail-road tie 23:

My tie-plate is especially intended for use on curves where the centrifugal force due to the weight of a rapidly moving train tends to force the outer rail outwardly thus throwing a heavy pressure against the spikes that "holdthe outer portion of the flange of such a rail and tending to, cause such spike to crush the wood of the tie and permit the I rail to move outwardly. The ends 25, 25 are to spaced apart sufficiently 'to fit-a tie of the usual standard length, however, in case the tie is longerthan the plate 22,,an end of such tie may be sawed oft sufficiently to cause the tie.to fit Within such plate 22,. If

the tie be shorter than the distance between the turned end portions 25, 25 the ends of r the plate 22 may be allowed toproject over Be it known that I, WmmmrQekconAN, a; citizen ofthe UnitedStates, vresiding at Seattle, in the county 10f King and State,

the endsof the tie and if such short tie is .located at' a point where there is a curve in thero'ad-bed it may be so positioned that thei'nner end 25 of the plate may engage with the'innerend of the tie while the ,outer end of the plate 22 may be. allowed to project,outwardly' pa-st the outer end of the tie,'the force tending to move the rails side- 'wise on a curve in the road-bed always acting outwardly thus tending to move. the plate outwardlygon the tie.. V

'The tie-plate 22 is adapted to be se cured to the side of atrail-road tie 23, by spikes or screws 24, and: is further adapted to'extend lengthwise-of suchtie, such'plate 22 being provided with end pieces 25, 25 that are disposed at right anglesto' the plane of the plate 22, such: end pieces being ends" of the rail-road tie-23' The upperedge of theplate 22, is formed with upwardly projecting lugs 26,26 that are suitably .spaced' apart and adapted to go engage the outsideedge of the bottom flange of each rail 27 on a rail-road track, when the plate 22 is secured near the top side of the tie 23 as illustrated in Fig. 1, to -prevent said rails from moving o'utwardly'and spreading apart. I r In cases ,where tie plates are to be used on curves only, a tie-plate 28 as shown in l ig. 3 may be used, such tie-plate 28, being provided with upwardly projecting lugs 29, 2 9 and being formed to. have only oneend piece 30 that is similar to the end pieces 25 of-the'plate 22, said end pieces 30 being adapted, when the tie-plate 28 is in use, to. engage with that end of a tiethat is innermost on the curve thus operating to prevent the outer rail from moving outwardly. Obviously the device may be constructed the, full width of the tie throughout its length if so desired and various other changes in details may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. I What I claim is: 1. In a device of the class described, a tie-plate secured by suitable means to the side of a1 rail-road tie to extend lengthwise thereof and provided at each end with end portions that are bent at a right angle and disposed to engage with a portion of'an end surface of such rail-road tie and further adapted to fit over and to'be secured. to the id-ed with an upwardly projecting lug 10h is adapted by its position to engage h tile base of a rail-road rail.

in a device of the class described, :3, is secured by suitable means to the of a rail-road tie to extend lengthwise rhcres'f and provided with an end portion that is bent at a right angle and disposed to engage with a portion of the surface of one end of said rai1-r0ad tie and further promy name this 15th day of October A. D., 15

WILLIAM OORCORAN. Witnesses F. C. MATfiENY, A. HASKINE.

his patent may be. oofiaincd for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0. 

